Calling all DIYers!

San Francisco, I have come to quickly learn, is quite notorious for its "I-don't-want-this-insert-anything-so-I'm-going-to-leave-it-on-the-curb-for-someone-else-to-take-and-lord-knows-they-will"-ness. Quite the nickname, I know.

Anyway, the other day, The Dizzle and I were walking back from who knows where (no really, I don't remember), and we saw this chair on the sidewalk! And well, something spoke to me about this little chair and I said, "Boo! We must take this and we must take this now!"

Because I am an expert refurbisher and will know exactly what to do to make this chair whole again.........not.

But something inspired me and well, since I clearly have some free time on my hands, I thought it'd be fun to have this as a little project.

Except that I know absolutely NOTHING about anything fixer-upper or furniture related.

As you can see, it needs a little work seeing as the cushion is missing and one of the legs is broken:

If I could wave my magic wand, I would get a new cushion, and I would possibly reupholster the whole thing, maybe even to a new color?? Though, I suppose I do kind of like the color it already is. I would also re-do the legs and take off that bottom bar, so that they're just 4 pointy-ish pegs.

Here are a few chairs I've pinned for inspiration:

Follow Michelle Lim's board Modern Chair Refurb on Pinterest.

Now. If only I had any sense of creative talent in me when it comes to this kind of thing...I suppose YouTube is a good place to start? For all of you DIY-ers out there, and I know there are aplenty, got any suggestions for me?

And let's hope it's a little better than Fasha's words of wisdom:

Thanks, Dad. But if you could read from my original post, I want to do it myself and not from a guy who does Chiropractic tables. K, thanks. ;)

xoxo